LIST OF MACIEL AND LEGION ABUSES and LACK OF COMPENSATION

 

Here and on other blogs and pages the lack of compensation for Victims of Marcial Maciel and other Legionary priests has been lamented.



THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING! 

We return to this issue again today prompted by an Australian article that recently appeared demanding that the Australian Catholic Hierarchy give just compensation to victims of clergy abuse. Allow me to begin to draft a list of offenses and crimes that have gone unpunished and not compensated.

LIST OF OFFENSES AND ABUSES:

1. Sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel of Legion members
2. Sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel of other people
3. Sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel's accomplices of fellow Legionaries
4. Sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel's accomplices of other people
5. Sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel's victims of other Legionaries
6. Sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel's victims of other people
7. Cover up of sexual abuse of any kind by Fr. Maciel
8. Cover up of sexual abuse by Fr. Maciel's accomplices
9. Cover up of sexual abuse of Legion/RC members by Legionaries
10. Cover up of sexual abuse of "outsiders" by Legionaries
11. Abuse of the Sacrament of Penance by Fr. Maciel (absolution of victim "accomplice" in sexual sin, incurring ipso facto excommunication, "excommunication latae sententiae" according to Canon Law)
12. Abuse of the Sacrament of Penance by Fr. Maciel's accomplices
13. Abuse of the Sacrament of Penance by other Legionaries.
14. Abuse of the Seal (Secret) of the Sacrament of Penance by Fr. Maciel and the use of this information to defame, blackmail  or otherwise control/manipulate the penitent)
15. Abuse of the Seal of the Sacrament of Penance by Maciel's victims/accomplices
16. Abuse of the Seal of the Sacrament of Penance by other Legionaries.
1. (to be continued)

See article which revisits this issue and comments describing other ongoing forms of abuse of seminarians.

COMMISSION SET UP BY CARDINAL DE PAOLIS TO COMPENSATE MACIEL'S VICTIMS
INCLUDES ONLY #1, MAYBE #2 ABOVE, AND EVEN THIS WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISO: CASE CANNOT BE ALREADY IN THE LEGAL FORUM.

On another blog we have broached this issue before

This means that if you, Maciel victim, have had the audacity to seek redress through the legal system you are excluded from the Legion Compensation Commission. Legion continues to damage and punish you...